rotation vs succession

rotation and succession both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rotation	Yes	No	No	No
succession	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, succession is a hypernym of rotation; that is, succession is a word with a broader meaning than rotation:

Other hypernyms of rotation include chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness.

rotation (noun)	succession (noun)
the act of rotating as if on an axis	the action of following in order
a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.)	acquisition of property by descent or by will
a single complete turn (axial or orbital)	a following of one thing after another in time
(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin	a group of people or things arranged or following in order
	(ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established